Sheet or card holder



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GEORGE I. WIGGINTON, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO OFFICE EQUIP- MENT PATENTS CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK; .N/Y A GORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SHEET on CARD HOLDER.

Application file'd lune I9, 1926.

My improved sheet or card holder is especially designed by me for holding index sheets or c'ards and I have illustrated my improvements in one form in which I have embodied the same for that purpose. My improvements are, however, well adapted for carrying various kinds of information which it isd'esire'd to have displayed for convenient or frequent reference.

The main Objects of this invention are:

First,to provide an apparatusof the classdescribed in which a series or a plurality of sheets or cards are" supported so that they are all conveniently accessible and so that r they may be conveniently changed, transposed or rearranged as occasion requires.

Second, to provide an improved apparatus of the class described in which one or a plurality of cards with their supporting holders may be transferred bodily from the support to another support or for convenience in manipulation as may be desired.

Third, to provide an apparatus having these advantages which is very compact and in which a plurality of the holders may be assembled-inbook form, or similar to sheets, or mounted on slides in a cabinet or the like.

Fourtln'to provide improved means for detachabl-y securing sheets or cards to their holders.

Fifth, to provide an improved means for supporting sheets such an index cards or the like in which a series of cards may be arranged in a set or group, it being possible to cx 'iose the entire face of any selected card or sheet.

Sixtlnto provide an improved apparatus of the class described which may be easily manipulated to insert or remove selected sheets-or their holders.

Seventh, to provide an apparatus embodying these advantages which is compact and simple in structure and also one which is economical.

Objects pertaining to details and economies of my invention will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow. The invention is clearly defined and pointedout'in the claims.

A structureembodying the features of my invention lS'CltltUl) illustratwl in the accom Serial No. 117,072.

panying drawing forming a part of this application, in which:

'Flg. 1 'is a perspective view of a binder of the loose-leaf type having aplurality of units n leaf form embodying the features of .my lnvention bound therein.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan View of one t) f the leaf-like units embodying my inven- Fig. 3 is an end view of the structure shown inFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line of Fig. l, a plurality of the sheet holders being illustrated with the sheets '01" cards supported therein.

Fig. 6 is a top perspective View of one of the sheet holders removed from a support, the sheet being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 7 is a rear perspective View of one of the sheet holders.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view of one of the units with the holder groove or recess thereof open.

Fig. '9 is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line 99 of Figs. '2 and 8 shoWi-ng'details ofthe means for manipulating the adjustable face plate.

Fig. 10 isa detail section on a line corresponding to line 101() of Fig. 2.

Fig. 11 is adetail section on a line corresponding toline 11-11 of Fig. 8 showing details of the support for the adjustable face plate.

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary plan View showing the relation of the transfer member to the supporting unit with a plurality of the holders and sheets carried thereby shifted to the transfer member.

Fig. 13: is a fragmentary front perspective view ofthe transfermember.

Fig. 14 is an enlarged erspective view showing the means for retaining'the holders in the slot ofthe support.

Fig. '15is a fragmentary perspective view of'a cabinet provided with a plurality of slides on which oneof the units of my improved index or sheet supporti'n a ppar'ati'ls is mounted.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents a loose sheet binder provided with binding or clamping bars 2. As the structural details of this binder form no part of the invention they are not illustrated herein. This binder, however, contains a plurality of units d e ignated generally by the numeral Ea of the units carries one or more sets or series of sheet or card holders, that is, each face of eachunit may be adapted to receive a plurality of holders.

In the embodiment illustrated each unit comprises a body member 4t preferably formed of sheet metal and having oppositely facing channel-like grooves 6 formed therein, these grooves being preferablyv side by side as shown in Fig. 4, or at least in offset or non-alining relation so that the unit may be kept relatively thin. Filler pieces 7 of binder board or other suitable material are arranged at the sides of these channels as shown in Fig. 4:.

The relatively fixed face plates 8 are arranged to project over the respective recesses or grooves as shown in Fig. 4 while coac-ting adjustable face plates 9 are adj ustably mounted so as to be adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2 providing a T-shaped slot or recess, this recess being opened when the adjustable face plate is in the position shown in Fig. 8 for purposes which will appear as the description proceeds. v

The face plates 9 are provided with transverse slots 10 engaging the headed studs 11 projecting from the body member thereby slidably supporting the adjustable plate upon the fillers 7. The adjusting buttons 12, Figs. 2 and 9, are provided with stems 13 engaging the longitudinal slots 14 in the adjustable plates, the stems also engaging the transverse slots 15 in the body member. The slots 15 have offsets 16 at the inner ends thereof with which the stems are held yieldingly in engagement by means of the springs 17 The adjustable plates are locked in their closed position when their button stems are engaged with these offsets as shown at the left of Fig. 2.

To release the adjustable face plates the buttons are shifted in the slots 14 withdrawing their stems from the offsets 16 of the slot 15 against the tension of the spring 17 thereby allowing the adjustable face plate to be opened or retracted to the position shown in Fig. 8.

To prevent binding and insure even movement of the adjustable face plates I provide a pair of bell-crank levers 18 which are pivoted on the studs 11, one arm 19 of these levers being slotted to engage pins 20 on the adjustable face plates. the other arms of these levers being connected by an equalizer bar 21; With this arrangement the adjustable faceplates may be moved back and forth without bind- The sheets indicated at 22 are perforated at 28, 23, to receive the hook-like tongues 24 on the sheet-attaching members 25 of the sheet holders 26, the sheet-attaching members being pivotally mounted on these holders which have upstanding ears 27 to receive the pivots. These holders 26 are preferably sheet-metal stampings and are formed to provide heads 28 engageable in the T-shaped slots or recesses of the support and slidable therein. These heads may be engaged or introduced at the ends of the slots or through the faces thereof when the adjustable face plates or slot walls are retracted, this opening the slots so that selected sheet holders may be engaged or disengaged as desired, the entire series being held in place by the closing of the recess.

In the embodiment shown the holders are prevented from sliding from the recess by means of the retaining members 29 which are bail-shaped, the arms having laterally turned ends as indicated in Fig. 14 engageable'in holes 30 in the plates 8 and 9. Owing to these retaining members being of bail-shape and formed of wire their arms spread out when the slot is opened by the retraction of the plate 9, and contract again when it is closed; that is, of course, assuming that the retaining members are in position.

It is sometimes desirable to remove or transfer a series of the holders from one support to another and to facilitate this I provide a transfer member 31 which are preferably channel-shaped, the inturned flanges providing T-shaped slots 32 adapted to receive the heads of the holders. This transfer member has fingers 33 at one end which may be inserted into the ends of the recesses in the supports as shown in Fig. 12, in which position after one of the retaining members 29 has been removed a plurality of the holders may be slid into the transfer member and shifted as a unit to another support by reversing the operation.

With the parts thus arranged the holders are supported edge to edge and the sheet-ab taching members thereof are pivotally mounted to collapse thereon so that the holders and their sheet-attaching means he side by side in non-overlapping relation to adjacent holders. This allows the sheets to lie as shown in Figs. 2 and 5 in overlapping relation with their edges exposed and any sheet may be" fully exposed by turning the same on their pivots provided by the attaching means. in this way I not only fully expose each sheet but each side of each sheet may be utilized.

In the modification shown in Fig. 15 I show my improvements adapted to a cabinet indicated at34l provided with a series of slides 35 carrying the units 36, the sheetsupporting features of which may be the same as described in Fig. 2, and the support here or disengaged therefrom,.it only being necessary in attaching the sheet to bend the same slightly to allow the hooks to enter the holes, and the straightening of the sheet holds it in engagement with the hooks. The disengagingoperation is, of course, the reverse.

By offsetting the holder-receiving slots or recesses as shown in Fig. 4 each unit may be kept comparatively thin.

I have illustrated and described my improvements in an embodiment which I have found highly satisfactory. I have not attempted to illustrate or describe various modifications or adaptations which I contemplate, as I believe these disclosures will enable those skilled in the art to which my invention relates toembody or adapt the same as may be. desired.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1

1. In an apparatus of the class described,

- the combination of a body member having a longitudinal groove therein, a relatively fixed, face plate overhanging said groove, a tran versely slotted adjustable face plate coacting with said fixed. face plate and groove in providing a T-shaped recess open at its ends, headed studs on said body member engaging said slots in said adjustable face plates I whereby it is slidably supported on said body member, bell-crank levers having slots at one.

end pivotallymounted on said studs, pins on said adjustable face plate engaging said slots insaid levers, an equalizer bar connecting the other arms of said levers, an adj usting button provided with a stem, said adjustable face plate having a longitudinal slot therein to receive said stem and said body member having a transverse slot with'a latera-l offset at-the inner end thereof to receive said stem for holding. said adjustable face plate in its closed'position, a spring acting to hold said button stem yieldingly in said slot offset, and sheet holders provided with -heads engageable and disengageable with said. recess atthe ends thereof, or at the front when the adjustable face plate is open.

2'. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body member having a longitudinal groove therein. a relatively fixed face plate overhanging said groove, a trans versely slotted adjustable face plate coacting with said fixed face plate and groove in providing a T-shaped recess open at its ends, headedstuds on said body member engaging said slots in said adj List-able face plates whereby it is slidably supported on said body member, an adjusting button provided with a stem, said adjustable face plate having a longitudinal slot therein to receive said stem and said body member having a transverse slot with a lateral offset at the inner end thereof to receive said stem for holdingsaid adjustable face plate in its closed position,a spring acting to hold said button stem yieldingly in said slot offset, and sheet holders provided with heads engageable and disengageable with said recess at the ends thereof, or

at the front when the adjustable face plate is open.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body member having a longitudinal groove therein, a relatively fixed face plate overhanging said groove, a transversely slotted adjustable face plate coacting with said fixed face plate and groove in providing a T-shaped recess open at its ends, headed studs on said body member engaging said slots in said adjustable face plates whereby it is slidably supported on said body member, bell crank levers havingslots at one end pivotally mounted on said studs, pins on said adjustable face plate engaging said slots in said levers, an equalizer bar connecting the other arms of said levers, and sheet holders provided with heads engageable and disengageable with said recess at the ends thereof, or at the front when the adjustable face plate is open.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body member having a longitudinal groove therein, a relatively fixed face plate overhanging said groove, a transversely slotted adjustable face plate coacting withsaid fixed face plate and groove in providing a T-shaped recess open at its ends, headed studs on said body member engaging said slots in said adjustable face plates whereby it is slidably supported on said body member, and sheet holders provided with heads engageable and disengageable with said recess at the ends thereof, or at the front when the adjustable face plate is open.

5. In an apparatus of the class described. the combination of a body member having a longitudinal groove therein, a relatively fixed face plate overhanging saidgroove, an adjustable face plate coacting with said fixed face plate and groove in providing a T-shaped recess, bell-crank levers having slots atone end pivot-ally mounted on said body member, pins on said adjustable face plate engaging said slots in said levers, an equalizer bar connecting the other arms of said levers, an adjusting button provided with a stem, said adjustable face plate having a longitudinal slot therein to receive said stem and said body member having a tran verse slot with a lateral offset at the inner end thereof to receive said stem for holding said adjustable faceplate in its closed position, a spring acting to hold-said button stem yieldingly in said slot offset, and sheet holders provided with heads engageable with said recess when the adjustable face plate is open.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body member having a longitudinal groove therein, a relatively fixed face plate overhanging said groove, an adj ustable face plate coacting with said" fixed face plate and groove in providing a T-shaped recess, an adjusting button provided with a stem, said adjustable face plate having a longitudinal slot therein to receive said stem and said body member having a transverse slot with a lateral offset attheinner end thereof to receive said stem for holding said adjustable face plate in its closed position, a spring acting to hold said button stem yieldingly in said slot offset, and sheet hold ers provided with heads engageable with said recess when the adjustable face plate is open.

7. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body member having a longitudinal groove therein, a relatively fixed face plate overhanging said groove, an adjustable face plate coacting with said fixed face plate and groove in providing a T- shaped recess, bell-crank levers having slots at one end pivotally mounted on said body member, pins on said adjustable face plate engaging said slots in said levers, an equalizer bar connecting the other arms of said levers, and sheet holders provided with heads engageable with said recess when the adjustable face plate is open.

8. In an apparatus of t-heclass described, the combination of a body member having a longitudinal groove therein, a relatively fixed face plate overhanging said groove, an adjustable face plate coacting with said fixed face plate and groove in providing a T- shaped recess, and sheet holders provided with heads engageable with said recess when the adjustable face plate is open.

9. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body member having a longitudinal groove in each side thereof, said grooves being disposed in offset relation relative to each other, relatively fixed face plates overhanging said grooves, adjustable face plates slidably mounted on said body member to coact with said fixed face plates and grooves in providing T-shaped recesses open at their ends, and sheet holders provided with heads engageable and disengageable with said recess at an end thereof, or at the front when the adjustable face plate is open.

10. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body member having T- shaped recesses in the faces thereof,said recesses being disposed in offset relation relative to each other, sheet holders provided with heads engageable with said recesses and lying side-by-side therein, and sheet-attaching members pivotally mounted on said holders to collapse thereon in non-overlapping relation to adjacent holders.

11. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body member having T-shaped recesses in the faces thereof, said recesses being disposed in offset relation relative to each other, and sheet holders provided with heads engageable with said recesses.

12. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body member having grooves disposed side-by-side and facing oppositely, and a plurality of sheet holders provided with heads engageable in either of said grooves with the sheet holders lying side-byside in non-overlapping relation, said holders being provided with pivoted sheet-attaching means adapted to collapse upon the holders with the attaching means in non-overlapping relation to adjacent holders.

13. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a body member having grooves disposed side-by-side and facing oppositely, and a plurality of sheet holders provided with heads engageable in either of said grooves.

14. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a holder provided with a T-shaped recess open at its ends, a plurality of slides provided with T-shaped heads engageable in said recess with the slides in side by-side abutting relation, one of the walls of said recess being adjustable to open the recess permitting the removal and insertion of the slides, sheet-attaching members pivotally mounted on said slides, the width of the attaching members not exceeding that of the slides so that they lie edge-to-edge in nonoverlapping relation, removable means at the ends of the recess for retaining the slides therein, and a transfer member having a T- shaped recess therein adapted to be alined with the ends of the recess of said holder so that the slides may be shifted into the transfer members.

15. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a holder provided with a T-shaped recess open at its ends, a plurality of slides provided with T-shaped heads engageable in said recess with the slides in sideby-side abutting relation, sheet-attaching members pivotally mounted on said slides, the width of the attaching members not exceeding that of the slides so that they lie edge-toedge in non-overlapping relation, removable means at the ends of the recess for retaining the slides therein, and a transfer member having a T-shaped recess therein adapted to be alined with the ends of the recess of said holder so that the slides may be shifted into the transfer members.

16. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a holder provided with a T-shaped recess open at its ends, a plurality of slides provided with T-shaped heads engageable in said recess with the slides in sideby-side abutting relation, one of the walls of said recess being adjustable toopen the recess permitting the removal and insertion, of the slides, and sheet-attachin g members pivotally mounted on said slides, the width of the at taching members not exceeding that of the slides so that they lie edge-to-edge in nonoverlapping relation.

17 In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a holder provided with a T-shaped recess open at its ends, a plurality of slides provided with T-shaped heads engageable in said recess with the slides in sideby-side abutting relation, and sheet-attaching members pivot-ally mounted on said slides, the width of the attaching members not exceeding that of the slides so that they lie edge-to-edge in non-overlapping relation.

18. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support having a slotlike recess therein open at one end, one of the walls of said recess being adjustable to open the recess, a plurality of sheet holders provided with heads engageable and disengageable with said slot at the end thereof of when the slot is opened, means for closing the open end of the slot for retaining the holders therein, and a transfer member having a slot therein adapted to be alined with the slot in the support to permit the shifting of a plurality gf said sheet holders into the transfer mem- I 19. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support, a plurality of sheet holders slidably engageable with said support and adapted to be slidably removed from the end of said support, and a transfer member adapted to receive said holders when they are slid from said support.

20. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support having a slot therein, a plurality of sheet holders adapted to be removed at the end of said slot, and a transfer member having a slot therein adapted to receive the said holders when the transfor member is alined with the slot of said support.

21. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support having a dovetail slot in the face thereof, one of the walls of said slot being adjustable to permit the opening and closing of the slot, and a plurality of sheet holders provided with heads engageable and disengageable with said slot when the same is opened, said holders being 'slidably adjustable in said slot. 7

22. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support having a slot open at one end, one wall of the slot being adjustable permitting the opening and closing of the same, and a plurality of sheet holders slidably engageable with said slot and adapted to be inserted therein or removed therefrom when the slot is opened, said holders being slidably adjustable in said slot.

23. In an apparatus of the classdescribed, the Combination of a holder provided with a slot open at its ends, a plurality of holders provided with heads engageable-in, said slot, removable means at the ends of the slotfor retaining the slides therein, and a transfer member having a slot therein adapted to be alined with the end of the slot of said holder so that the holders may be shifted into the transfer member.

24L. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a slotted support, and a plurality of sheet holders provided with heads engageable with said slot, said holders being adapted to lie in edge-t0-edge relation and having sheet-attaching means pivotally mounted thereon, the width of the sheet-attaching means not exceeding that of the holders so that the holders with their sheet-attaching means lie side-by-side in non-overlapping relation.

25. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support having a T- shaped recess in the face thereof, a plurality of sheet holders provided with heads slidably engageable in said recess, and sheet-attaching members pivotally mounted on said holders and provided with laterally extending arms terminating in inturned hooks with which perforations of a sheet may be engaged, said holders being adapted to lie in side-by-side abutting relation and said attaching members being adapted to collapse upon said holders in non-overlapping relation with adjacent holders.

26. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support having a T- shaped recess in the face thereof, a plurality of sheet holders provided with heads slidably engageable in said recess, and sheet-attaching members pivotally mounted on said holders, said holders being adapted to lie in side-by-side abutting relation and said attaching members being adapted to collapse upon said holders in non-overlapping relation with adjacent holders.

2?. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support having a T- shaped recess in the face thereof, a plurality of sheet holders provided with heads slidably engageable in said recess, and sheet-attaching members pivotally mounted on said holders and provided with laterally extending arms terminating in inturned hooks with which perforations of a sheet may be engaged.

28. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a support, a plurality of sheet holders slid-ably engageable with said support, and sheet-attaching members pivotally mounted on said holders and provided with laterally extending arms terminating in inturned hooks with which perforations of a sheet may be engaged, said. holders being support, and sheet-attaching members pivotadapted to lie in end-to-end abutting relaally mounted on said holders and provided 1' tion and saidattaching members being adapt- With laterally extending arms terminating in ed to'collapse upon said holders in non-overinturned hooks with which perforations of lapping relation With adjacent holders. a sheet may be engaged.

29. In'an apparatus of the class described, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set the combination of a support, a plurality of my hand. 1 sheet holders slidably engageable With said GEORGE P. WIGGINTON. 

